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  1. Sir John Valentine Carden Survives. Part 2.

    Well for me it would always be the Med over Norway. It knocked Italy out of the war in 1943 which was massive in terms of burden on the Heer and Luftwaffe which had to replace 50 odd Italian Divisions across Axis occupied Europe and forced Germany to use about 1/5th of its army to do so...

  2. Into the Fire - the "Minor" nations of WW2 strike back

    So she could be escorted for a large part of the journey by escorts and with allied air cover for a significant part of the journey - granted she did take about 2 minutes to dive But only the portion where she was really at risk and alone would she really have to operate on the surface at...

  3. Into the Fire - the "Minor" nations of WW2 strike back

    She could run part of the journey surfaced? How close could she get before IJA/IJN maritime patrol aircraft would realistically cover her approach?

  4. Sir John Valentine Carden Survives. Part 2.

    Not sure I follow? What's Greece and Italy got to do with this?

  5. Malaya What If

    Yes the USN had zero intention of fighting the Japanese in a major fleet action around the Philippines and the Mandates plan was kind of enshrined throughout the late 20s and 30s. And with independence being granted to the Philippines there was little appetite in spending vast sums of monies on...

  6. Malaya What If

    The problem with a more alert Pearl harbour is that they did not think or conceive that such a long range attack was possible. The whole point of having the fleet at Pearl (and at one point even San Diego) and not forward deployed to the Philippines was to keep it out of range of any such an...

  7. Sir John Valentine Carden Survives. Part 2.

    I would be satisfied with that and pretty much little need for the Allies to do much else! The allies having far greater sea lift capacity would be more able to supply locations in the North of the country. Norway in such a scenario would be for the German Army a self sustaining POW camp and...

  8. Sir John Valentine Carden Survives. Part 2.

    Yes the big threat was aircraft - most of PQ17 and 18s losses where either sunk by aircraft or particularly in the case of PQ17 a number of ships were damaged by aircraft and finished of by U-boats. And of course the Aircraft could vector in the U-boats. So without suitable airbases in the...

  9. An AH Battle: 1st Battle of Midway, 17 - 21 June 1942

    Look that's all well and good but what happened to Sub Lt Tangles?

  10. Sir John Valentine Carden Survives. Part 2.

    Significantly fewer German bombers though if all other things are equal 39 vs 200+

  11. If the Triple Entente lost WWI, it is likely that Britain, not France, would have been the most revanchist of the three

    An Entente defeat is almost certainly going to happen earlier in OTL WW1 - pretty much any realistic Central powers win is IMO after 1st 'Wipers' so improbable to be impossible. Probably the Germans some how winning the Battle of the Marne and investing Paris This would obviously place Britain...

  12. Barbarossa without the Great Purge

    I pretty much came to say this Is does not matter so much if the doctrine is not as good as say the German one (the Germans also had a major campaign and several smaller ones under their belts - and while the Russians had a small campaign in the far east and Finland - it was minor in comparison...

  13. How long can Decolonization be delayed?

    Money Many colonies were a net drain on the mother countries so in order for them to not 'divest' themselves as early as they did there has to be something in it for the 'mother country'. So if a scenario can be presented on a case by case basis to make it worth their while then you could...

  14. January 1943. The German View

    Oh totally but its not going to go from massive production to nothing and the sheer size of the Soviet Union state 'inertia' will ensure that a large amount of its day to day function will continue to carry on with little change - particularly in the short term.

  15. January 1943. The German View

    OTL the Germans often quite significantly underestimated the strength of the Russian army and its production capacity

  16. January 1943. The German View

    Some one must have been bonkers to think that would work! The Coastal Forces (MTBs, MGBs and other armed vessels) would have made short shrift of any attacking force I take it this was a reverse Dieppe?

  17. An AH Battle: 1st Battle of Midway, 17 - 21 June 1942

    The 'fighter direction' of the Japanese fleet a Midway was for the warships to fire their main armament in the direction of any approaching aircraft and hope that the fighters on CAP reacted to it. Given there was no centralised fighter command and the fleet fighters carrying no radios this...

  18. An AH Battle: 1st Battle of Midway, 17 - 21 June 1942

    MMMMMMM Fairey Sea Battle For extra Alt History points - contra rotating prop 2000 HP Monarch H24 powered Sea Battle? Shown here in the adopted 'USN' colours to prevent blue on blue is one of the RNs Sea Battles at an Oahu airbase prior to (or possibly after?) the battle

  19. An AH Battle: 1st Battle of Midway, 17 - 21 June 1942

    It might be worth making a note of the differences regarding this time lines carriers and aircraft for those readers not familiar with the source novels or like me who have not read them for a while. David's the Whale has Wings series rests upon a bedrock of the RN drastically improving it...

  20. Sir John Valentine Carden Survives. Part 2.

    To your point the below shows the formation of a 1942 Russian 'Tank Brigade' with 48 tanks By comparison a German Panzer battalion of the same period - with 54 Pz III, 10 Pz IV and 27 odd Pz II (91 tanks - although often less light tanks than authorised) was nearly twice as strong as the...
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